Wednesday, March 28, 2012

I did etsy bootcamp last year and Nicola was my bootcamp buddy. She supported me all the way through it. You can find her etsy store at http://www.etsy.com/shop/NicsGiftsShe bought 3 of my butterflies and gave me feedback on them. The antennea bent to easely. I improved them by using thicker wire. She will get 3 new ones with the thicker wire. She also suggested using them for plant sticks. I loved the idea.

I used cat grass in the picture below and see wanted to see what i was doing with her grass. Giggle

Friday, March 23, 2012

The spring version of day 72. I do not like pink at all, but know enough people that love it.

I have been nominated for a Liebster Award

It's an award in the blogging community given to an up and coming blog, having less than 200 followers. Rebcca of 365 days of love nominated me for the award. I love her work and her blog, so check it out! Here are the rules and who I nominated:

Official Rules:

1. Choose FIVE UP AND COMING blogs to pass the award onto.

2. Show a BIG THANKS to the blogger who gave the award to you by linking back to them.

3. Post the AWARD on your blog. List the bloggers you are giving the award to with links to their site.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

This one of my reserve projects. I tried to make a wire wrapped bird. But it did feel like being wire wrapped. I have been at it for two hours. I am tired and have a headache, so decided for one of my reserve projects. I have an exam tomorrow, so i am going to bed early today

Thursday, March 15, 2012

One of the 365 projects I like to follow is 365 days of love. She makes very unique and creative love items, with each its own story. Also like here style of photographing items. As a tribute to her project, this painting.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

I got these beautiful silver plated ball chains and could not resist showing one of them off. I combined one with an other favorite items of mine, the pop tab guy I made in the beginning. Now I can wear him everywhere :)

Monday, March 12, 2012

I sold this item today. I have to get some zip ties to remake this one. I probably will do that thursday. After that day this one will come along in a 2 part project (takes a minimum of 2 days to make), because I want to remake it :). This already sold a few times in my shop and people are really happy with it.

Friday, March 9, 2012

Just played around with pop tabs and chainmaille rings today. Not really planning to make something and this is what came out. Maybe I am going to shop for cork coasters to put underneath it, so I can really use it.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Tried an other new technique today. I do not know what it is called in english. I think it is looping. It is a way to make beading elements with beads and wire. First go at it for me.

I used swarovski that i still have lying around from the days that i was making beaded swarovski miniatures. It tried selling them for a year and sold none of them. For this bracelet I used 4 mm fire opal bicones

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Okay this one I do not like. The stripes on the bumble bee are not straight at all. Because I am getting the hang of macro photography it is even more clear. O well, tomorrow an other change at making something.

Monday, March 5, 2012

I enjoyed working with chainmaille so much yesterday, that i decided to do an other on today. This one is connected with a chainmaille technique called 4 leaf clover. Over time i going to add a splash of color to rings. I think it will really look nice.

Saturday, March 3, 2012

I bought a sewing machine a year back. Stored it and never used it. Today I decided to give it a go. This has taken up hours of my time. First it took me a while to get the sewing machine properly wired. After that i had to figure out how much material I needed. And then trying to sew itself. I took me 3 hours to get to this end result, but I made it. It even looks okay. Learned something new today. The pop tab part is the belt buckle thingy in the middle :)

Thursday, March 1, 2012

I have 2 cats who take joy in "helping" me, when making my crafts. They sit on stuff I need or play with it. Also they make a habbit from sitting on my laptop on my laptop. They keep me busy but i love them dearly. I saw this cat qoute and thoughed it would be fun to use for a pop tab painting